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face="High Tower Text" size=5><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'High Tower Text'; LETTER-SPACING: 2pt">Centre
for Cultural Research</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><st1:place
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of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Western
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align=center><FONT face="High Tower Text" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'High Tower Text'; LETTER-SPACING: 2pt">invites
all to attend</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><FONT face=Rockwell size=5><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell">a Special
Additional Seminar in the CCR Seminar Series
2008</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="High Tower Text" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'High Tower Text'">featuring</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face="Californian FB" color=navy size=5><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Californian FB'">Ali
Abunimah </SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face="Californian FB" color=navy size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Californian FB'">(author,
<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">One Country: A Bold Proposal to Break the
Israeli/ Palestinian Impasse</SPAN></I> and editor, <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Electronic
Intifada</SPAN></I>)</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=navy><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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align=center><B><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt">Date:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt">Thursday, 15
May</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt">Time:
<STRONG><B><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">12.30pm –
1.30pm</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
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size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt">Venue:
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt"><SPAN
class=737082802-12052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face=Calibri color=#000000 size=3>Gallery Floor, Female Orphan
School</FONT> <FONT face=Calibri color=#000000
size=3>(</FONT></FONT></SPAN>Building EZ), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Parramatta</st1:City></st1:place> Campus</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face=Calibri><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt">RSVP:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt">Ania Ajiri <A
href="mailto:a.ajiri@uws.edu.au">a.ajiri@uws.edu.au</A> or 9685
9600</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Apologies</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">: Kay Anderson<FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> <A
href="mailto:k.anderson@uws.edu.au">k.anderson@uws.edu.au</A>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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align=center><B><FONT face="Californian FB" color=maroon size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: 'Californian FB'">Roadmap
to Nowhere: Imposing Peace on <st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City>/
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place></SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=maroon><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><B><FONT
face=Calibri color=maroon size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Ali
Abunimah</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><FONT face=Calibri color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Israel</SPAN></FONT></st1:country-region></st1:place><FONT
face=Calibri color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">'s strategy
throughout the 'peace process' has been to try to gain control over the maximum
amount of land with the minimum number of Palestinians. This has
underpinned all proposals for the so-called two-state solution. Instead of
leading to peace, it has created a situation akin to apartheid. Israeli policy
makers are at a dead end, and new ideas for peace and coexistence are emerging
from the Palestinian side.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Calibri color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Ali
Abunimah </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Calibri color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">is the Editor of
<EM><I><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Eletronic
Intifada</SPAN></FONT></I></EM>, a not-for-profit, independent online
publication about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A Palestinian American, he
is a graduate of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Princeton</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> and the <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Chicago.He</st1:PlaceName> is a frequent speaker and commentator on
the <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>, and is a regular
contributor to the <EM><I><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Chicago Tribune</SPAN></FONT></I></EM> and the
<EM><I><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Los Angeles
Times</SPAN></FONT></I></EM>. He is the author of a new book,
<EM><I><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">One Country: a Bold
Proposal to break the Israeli/Palestinian Impasse</SPAN></FONT></I></EM> (Henry
Holt, NY, 2006), which revives the old and neglected idea of one state shared by
two peoples. </SPAN></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic"><FONT
face=Calibri>Ali Abunimah's visit to <st1:City w:st="on">Sydney</st1:City> has
been sponsored by the Sydney-based Coalition for Justice and Peace in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City></st1:place> (CJPP).</FONT>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt">Parramatta
Campus Map and Directions </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Calibri size=1><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt"><A
href="http://www.uws.edu.au/about/locations/maps/parramattamap">http://www.uws.edu.au/about/locations/maps/parramattamap</A><FONT
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